Game



Patented Mar. 11, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT Ol'f'l'f'lCllv GAME Lewis H.Sayre, Portland, Oreg.

Application `larruary 26, 1945Serial No. 574,701`

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3 Claims. l

My invention relates to improvements in game apparatus, andvitconsists'in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements hereindescribed and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a gaine apparatus of simplifiedconstruction whereby games may be played which will provide entertainment and amusement to the players without causing mental strain.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a game apparatus of thecharacter described which is adapted to be used in the playing of games.in which any limited number of players, more than one may participate.

Gther objects will be apparent from the iol-- lowing description,considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawing., in whichdFigure l is a top plan View oi the game board and cantles-arrangedaround'the same in proper order` according to the aim of the game at theend of a completed game;

Figure-2 shows four cantles of colored sections, of different size,eachcantle shown being also representative of its set by showing anarrangen ment: ofa pair of sidle barscharacteristic of its` set.

The game board B of suitable material is circular and divided into 36sections S of 10 each and each sector has a number equal to the numberof degrees which the remote leg of a sector is distant from the zeroline dividing the Sec tors marked l and Stil. Accordingly the numbersidentifying the sectors form an arithmetic progression in which ill isthe rst term and difference.

The cantles C or playing cards number 36 and have the shape offragmentary sectors. Each cantle sector has two concentric bars o of acolor different from the fundamental Color of the cantle. There are fourdifferent arrangements of these bars relative to one another andrelative to the cantle. The 9 cantles of the rst set have a bar at theirnarrow ends and a second bar spaced from the rst bar by a strip of thefundamental color of a width equal to the radial width of the bars. The9 cantles of the 2nd set have the shortest bar or bar nearest but notadjacent to the narrower end placed so that it is a continuation of ormatches the longer bar of the iirst set of 9 cantles and the secondlonger bar is spaced from such rst bar by a strip of fundamental coloras described. In the third set the bars are spaced relative to oneanother as the bars of the iirst two sets, but the shortest bar nearestto the narrower end is a continuation of the longer 4bar of l the secondset.

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2, In the` fourth set of 9 cantles theshorter bar` adjoins the narrowerend and' the longer bar is the same radial distance from that end thatthe longer' bar of the' thirdk set is. Figure 2 illustrates the bararrangement, since it shows a cantle foreach set named.

Each cantleA in a set of 9-is identiiied byl the size of a sector Mbeginning'with zero or blank, one eighth, one quarter, on half, etc., tofull circle. This identifyingfmarking M imposes upon the players thetask of assembling the cantles of a set in ascending or descending orderdetermined by the area of the colored sector:

The aim or purpose of the game'is to havethe i player play orassembletheir cantles around the game board sothat each cantle isa complement toa sector on lthe board andv its bars match, i. e., form acontinuation'of the bars of the adjacent cantlesand the colored sectoron each cantle is by v1/8 of acircle smaller or greater than the coloredsector on the adjacent cantles. Figure 1` shows the final arrangement inwhich the bars of'oneil set match one another and also formacontinuation of thek bars'on one adjacent set, andthe other bars of thefirst set matches the bars of the second adjacent set. Thus the matchingbars of two adjacent sets form a semi-circle overlapping by one quadrantthe semi-circle formed by the second bar of the iirst set and thematching bars of the other adjacent set.

The game is played in the following Way:

The cantles are shuffled and each player is dealt an equal number of allthe cantles. If one or several cantles should be left over afterdividing the set equally among the players, these cantles are held untila player that would normally pass will unreservedly show opponents hisown cantles. That player gets the cantle or cantles.

The player that starts the game may choose among his cantles that onewhich he Wishes to play rst or place opposite to the step of say 120.The areal Value say 1 of the cantle played indicated by the size of thecolored sector `on the same is Written on the rst players score card.Now is the turn of the player to the left of the first player. Theformer plays upon either adjacent step of 130 or 110 with a cantle lthesector of which must be 1A; greater or smaller than the sector of thecantle on the step, e. g., if the sector on the cantle or the latterstep is a full circle, the second player may play blank or '7/8. Inorder. to score the sidle bars of the cantle viding sidle bars andidentifying marks for the Y cantles of one set that can be felt by theseunfortunate people as it is intended that the specic embodiment of myinvention shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitativeor restrictive sense.

While the foregoing specication sets forth the invention in speciiicterms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In a game apparatus, a circular board divided into radial sectors ofequal size and numbered in uniform sequence, a number of equal sets ofcantles of the shape of a fragmentary sector adapted to be removablyapplied tothe board to complement any sector on the board, the totalnumber of cantles equaling that of the board sectors, each set beingdistinguished from every other set by a pair of distinctively coloredcircular bars matching the bars on the adjacent cantles of the same setby being equi-distant from the center of the board, each set having onebar which matches in the previously dened sense one bar in an adjacentset and another bar which matches the bar of the other adjacent set,each cantle in a set being distinguished from each cantle of the sameset by a mark expressing such distinction, the number of such cantles ina set being equal to the quotient of the number of cantles divided bythe number of sets. Y

2. In a game apparatus comprising a symmetrical game board divided intoequal, radial numbered spaces, cantles equal in number to the number ofspaces and of a form to be removably applied to the board forcomplementing the spaces of the board to a larger symmetrical figure,said cantles being divided into sets and bearing indicia to distinguishcantles of each set from the cantles of every other set by anarrangement of a pair of marks one of which conforms to a mark on thecantles of an adjacent set While the other mark will conform to a markon the cantles of another adjacent set, every cantle in one set beingdistinguished by a mark from every other cantle of the same set, and inthe final, correct assemblage of the cantles the latter marks beingarranged in stepped order of these distinctions.

3. A game apparatus comprising a symmetrical game board divided intoequal peripheral radially extending spaces numbered in a predeterminedspace, playing cantles equal in number to the number of board spaces andintended to be removably applied to the board to form extensions of thelatter, the cantles also forming sets of equal number, each cantle in aset having an individual marking denoting the Vorder of such cantle inits set assembled around the board, each set having two other markingscharacteristic of such set, one of such markings being identical With amarking on one adjacent set, the other marking being identical with amarking on the other adjacent set. 'Y

LEWIS H. SVAYRE.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,510,574Wrinkle Oct. 7, 1924 2,244,921 Roth 1 June 10, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS fNumber Country Y Date 716,718 French Oct. 12, 1931

